The sustainability programme was updated in October 2025 based on current progress and strategic adjustments.
Focal point |
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Action plan |
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Time horizon |
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Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Supply chain sustainability |
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Develop a list of actions for prevention and remedy purposes base the results of the CSR risk analysis |
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2025 |
|
finished |
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Conduct supplier development meetings |
|
2026 |
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started |
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Enhance our dialogue and collaboration with strategic vendor partners on mutual projects to drive environmental and social aspects along the supply chain. |
|
2030 |
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ongoing |
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Development of a sustainable procurement strategy. |
|
2025 |
|
finished |
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Introduction of dialogue formats taking into account the needs of stakeholders from the upstream value chain |
|
2026 |
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started |
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Compliance and anti-corruption |
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Expansion of the training programme for selected groups |
|
2026 |
|
started |
Social commitment |
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Support of the social commitment of our labour force |
|
2030 |
|
ongoing |
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Initiating own sustainable projects |
|
2030 |
|
ongoing |
|
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Successive expansion of the social commitment |
|
2030 |
|
ongoing |
Focal point |
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Action plan |
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Time horizon |
|
Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Climate and energy |
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Development of SBTi-compliant climate targets (near-term and long-term) and a climate transition plan (near-term and long-term) |
|
2025 |
|
finished |
|
Monitoring of the neutralisation strategy and implementation with qualitative neutralisation partners |
|
2050 |
|
started |
|
|
Action management for the Climate Action Transition Plan |
|
2030 |
|
ongoing |
|
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Gradual conversion of further Bechtle Group locations to 100 % green electricity |
|
2030 |
|
ongoing |
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Gradually expand the company fleet with all-electric and hybrid vehicles and further expansion of the very high level of the charging infrastructure. |
|
2030 |
|
ongoing |
|
Sustainable logistics |
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Consolidating orders and making greater use of the Bechtle Box for transport to customers, whilst optimising the volume of goods shipped |
|
2030 |
|
ongoing |
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Reducing resource consumption in packaging |
|
2030 |
|
ongoing |
|
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Implement the sustainable logistics policy in further warehouses of the Bechtle Group (multi-warehouse strategy) |
|
2030 |
|
ongoing |
|
Circular economy |
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Preparation and further development of a centralised circular economy concept in the context of Bechtle Circular IT. |
|
2025 |
|
finished |
|
Development of the sales-side application of the circular economy concept in the context of sustainability. |
|
2026 |
|
started |
Focal point |
|
Action plan |
|
Time horizon |
|
Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Employer attractiveness |
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Development of a HR strategy |
|
2025 |
|
finished |
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Implementation of internal career paths such as expert careers, leadership development, specific programme for career jumpers, among others |
|
2025 |
|
finished |
|
|
Continuation of the programmes for internal career paths. |
|
2030 |
|
ongoing |
|
|
Continuation of the decentralised employee satisfaction survey in the company |
|
2030 |
|
ongoing |
|
|
Continuation of the leadership initiative, including through training sessions |
|
2030 |
|
ongoing |
|
|
Continuous quality assurance of the Bechtle Academy programme |
|
2030 |
|
ongoing |
|
|
Addressing young people in a target group-specific manner |
|
2025 |
|
finished |
|
Diversity and equal opportunity |
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Development of “trusted persons” approach and implementation of a pilot project |
|
2030 |
|
ongoing |
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Implementation of “trusted persons” within the Bechtle Group |
|
2026 |
|
started |
|
|
Implementation of short-term diversity actions |
|
2030 |
|
started |
|
|
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Development of medium-term diversity actions |
|
2023 |
|
ongoing |
|
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Development of a concept for Diversity Ambassadors and implementation of a pilot project |
|
2030 |
|
ongoing |
Health and safety |
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Continuous expansion of the group-wide occupational health management programme |
|
2030 |
|
ongoing |
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Further standardisation of our occupational health and safety protocols and fostering exchange on health-related topics across sites |
|
2030 |
|
ongoing |
Focal point |
|
Action plan |
|
Time horizon |
|
Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sustainable in-house digitalisation |
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Application and IT retirement: Identify and disassemble systems that cause process overlaps and unnecessary redundancies |
|
2030 |
|
ongoing |
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Use of 100 % renewable energy in our data centres |
|
2030 |
|
ongoing |
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PUE value in our data centres of less than 1.3 |
|
2030 |
|
ongoing |
|
Sustainable technologies, solutions and services |
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Develop and implement a learning path for the topic of sustainability |
|
2026 |
|
started |
|
Filter options from products in Bechtle Shop expand |
|
2026 |
|
started |
|
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Further develop and position a sustainable IT portfolio of hardware, software, IT solutions and cloud solutions as well as services for our customers by including or positioning new, sustainable products and vendors in the product offering |
|
2030 |
|
ongoing |
|
Data security and protection |
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Expand the high level in the field of IT security and data protection, grow the number of DIN EN ISO 27001 and TISAX®-certified companies within the Bechtle Group. |
|
2030 |
|
ongoing |
|
Development of an information security strategy |
|
2025 |
|
finished |
|
|
Analyse security-critical components as part of our Service Life Cycle Management. |
|
2030 |
|
ongoing |